400,000 HKD
VIANNEY HALTER WHITE GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR Vianney Halter, "Time Machine Perpetual Antiqua". No.15W.41.A. Made circa 2005. Very fine, rare and highly unusual, self-winding, water-resistant 18K white and yellow gold wristwatch with sub-divided instantaneous perpetual calendar and 18k white gold Vianney Halter buckle. Accompanied by a wooden automatic Vianney Halter winding box, blank certificate with instructions and setting pin. Comprised of over 130 parts, solid, polished and brushed, rounded central lugs, 4 different-sized and yellow gold rivet-decorated portholes to view the different indications, rivet decorated winding-crown, anti-refl ective sapphire crystals. 4 individual, two-tone, brushed 18K pink gold dials with engraved and enameled radial Arabic numerals for the hours, the days of the week, the months, the leap years and the date. Blued steel "alpha" hands. Cal. VH 198, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 43 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance-spring, patented sapphire crystal “mystery” rotor with 18K white gold segment. Dial and movement signed. Width 43 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Notes French watchmaker Vianney Halter has been fascinated by watches and clocks from childhood. He attended watchmaking school in Paris at age 13 and at 17 he began specializing in horological restoration work. After moving to Switzerland, he established his own company “Janvier
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-02-26
